هو الجدّ بِزّ التّمام البدورا

شوى كلَّ ما جَنَتِ الحادثا

He is the full moon at its brightest time

He has healed all the wounds of misfortune

تُ ما كنت ظلّاً عَلَينا قَريرا

أَسأْنَ وَأَحسَن كنّ الهِلال

You were a gentle shade over us

Whether beneficent or doing good, you were like the crescent moon

وَمَلأنَنا منكَ بدراً مُنيرا

إِذا ثَبح البَحر أَخطأنَهُ

And you filled us with radiant full moon

When the sea roared, it missed him

فلا غَرْوَ أنْ يَنتَشِفن الغَديرا

وَأَصْغِر بِفُقدانِنا الذّاهِبينَ

So it's no wonder it sheds tears

And we feel smaller with those who left

ما عِشتَ نَأتيك ملكاً كَبيرا

وما أَغمَدَ الدّهرُ ذاكَ الحُسا

As long as I live, I will come to you a great king

And as long as fate keeps that sword sheathed

م ما سلّ حدّاك عضْباً بَتُورا

قسيمُ عُلاك ونِعْمَ القسيم

A sword that you have never unsheathed in anger

My friend in good and bad, what a great friend!

أخٌ شاف نزراً وأعطى كثيرَا

وَكانَ نَظيرك غارَ الزّما

A brother who gave a little and gave plenty

And your peer was like a cave of the times

نُ مِن أَنْ يرى لَكَ فيهِ نَظيرا

فدتْكَ نفوسٌ بِكَ اِستَوطَنت

Too narrow for you to have a peer in it

Souls were ransomed for you, and through you

مِنَ الأمْن نوراً وقد كُنَّ بُورا

بَقيتَ مُعزّاً مِنَ الهالِكينَ

Found light in safety, when they were in darkness

You remained a refuge for the doomed

تُوقّى الرَّدَى وتوفَّى الأُجورا

وغيرُكَ يُمَهِّدُ بُسُطَ العَزاء

Avoiding harm and fulfilling all rewards

While others spread out carpets of consolation

ويُولي المُسَلِّين سمعاً وَقُورا

وَما نَقصَ الدّهْرُ أَعدادَكم

And give patient listeners a dignified hearing

Fate has not diminished your numbers

إِذا شَفَّ قطراً وأبقى بُحُورا

وَلَو أَنصفَ المَجد مَوتاكُمُ

When it takes a drop and leaves oceans

If glory did justice to your deaths

لَخَطَّ لَهم في السّماءِ القُبُورا

حَياتُك أحْيَتْ رميمَ الرّجاءِ

It would carve tombs for you in the heavens

Your life revived the withered hopes

وأَمْطَتْ من الجُود ظَهْراً ظَهيرا

And drew from generosity an ample back